Sufficiently Advanced Magic

DNF - PG ... not sure. Somewhere around 15, I think.

Why?

I've heard it said that people don't skim read dialogue. I know from personal experience that this is true for me. My eyes tend to glaze over during heavy descriptions, but I stick through dense conversations. (Usually, to be fair.)

This book finally has its first real conversation start on page 34. For me and my average reading speed, that would take me roughly half an hour to reach. I have not the desire, patience or inclination to read through so many pages front loaded with descriptions of nothing but puzzle rooms.

Books need a hook to capture my attention. Either the first few pages - first chapter at the most - has to be catchy, or there has to be something in the synopsis that I desire to push through to reach. This book has neither.

Conceivably, at a later date, I could be interested enough to want to keep reading - but the fact is, if I want a dense, description heavy, wordy fantasy (which I seldom do) I have rereads more deserving of my time than this book seems to be.

Edit: Likely won't ever come back to it, as a quick check of book two indicates more of the same problems I had with this one and - while book three appears to at least start off better - I haven't the patience to force my way through two books for that slim chance.